The invitation guide

Short, practical guides for the questions that come up while you are planning.

• How to make a digital wedding invitation

  From choosing a design to sending the link — the whole thing, in order.

• When to send wedding invitations

  The timings that actually work, and the RSVP deadline that saves you chasing people.

• Wedding invitation wording, with examples

  Formal, relaxed and modern wording you can lift and adapt.

• What RSVP means, and how to collect replies

  Where the letters come from, and how to get an answer from everyone.

• Sending wedding invitations on WhatsApp

  It can look thoughtful or thoughtless. The difference is in how you send it.

• Digital or paper wedding invitations?

  What each one is genuinely better at, including where paper still wins.

• Civil ceremony invitations: what to send and when

  The small-ceremony, big-party problem — and how to word your way out of it.

• Christening invitations: wording and what to include

  What to say about the service, the party and the godparents.

• Baby shower invitations: what to say and when to send

  Timing, wording, and the gift question everyone asks the host anyway.

• Wedding website or digital invitation?

  They solve different problems — and most couples only need one of them.